Swappable Bed Glass for 3D Printer

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Quick and easy removal and replacement of heated bed glass between prints saving time on cooling and cleaning. Purchase an oversized piece of borosilicate glass, print some parts, add springs, aluminum rod and epoxy to give affordable heated bed glass swapping. Below is a link of a video with it in use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWsU1yATn5U Instructions I used four printed parts, four compression springs from a home depot assortment (4$), 1/4" Aluminum rod HD (6$), Loctite plastic epoxy HD (5$), and the 1/4"x9"x9" borosilicate glass was 25$ from McMaster-Carr. The design is simple. It just two angled surfaces that hold the plate down and stop it from sliding. The front piece is hinged so that it can easily be removed and also hold different plate thicknesses. The hardest part of its assembly was epoxying the parts on the Da Vinci bed. I used the new glass to align the back piece while it cured then with a smaller flat piece for the front. The aluminum pin and springs just slide in.